Serena Bhela, MD

3 locations · West Coast Kidney · 56 clinicians in this group

Hospitals listed: 052758 · 052759 · Contra Costa Regional Medical Center · John Muir Medical Center - Concord Campus · John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus · Sutter Delta Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

15 plans · 2 carriers

Licence A150813 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2028-09-30 · St. George'S University School of Medicine.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.

Specialty certification

• American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine - Nephrology

4 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

• Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterMartinez, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Contra Costa Health ServicesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 73% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.167, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of John Muir Health, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 77% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.235, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.675, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of John Muir Health, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 77% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate: 2.01 (1.17 to 2.85) · 2,206 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 222.42 (177.82 to 267.02) · 120 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 1.4 (0.91 to 1.9) · 9,764 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.734, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.536, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.341, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.455, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.245, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• Sutter Delta Medical CenterAntioch, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 60% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.173, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

$278,096

Medicare paid this office $278,096 for 619 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Who their Medicare patients are

619 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 13% · 85 and older 19% · Women 46% · Also on Medicaid 43% · Health risk score 4.63. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 75% · Diabetes 61% · Heart failure 54% · Coronary heart disease 52% · Atrial fibrillation 40% · Depression 31% · COPD 29% · Cancer 22% · Stroke 22% · Dementia 17%.

The office billed $729,188, Medicare allowed $359,568 and paid $278,096; for 2,901 services of 25 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Year by year

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

$58,255 in 2024

Medicaid paid $58,255 for 693 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 59 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

$218,646

Pharmacies billed $218,646 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 928) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.

691 generic and 237 brand-name prescriptions · $218,646 in drug cost · 19 antibiotic prescriptions to 18 people.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

Year by year

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

$708 in 2025

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

NPI

1275873812

Licence

CA A150813California A150813: Current · expires 2028-09-30

Group

West Coast Kidney

Video visits

Lists video visits

Gender

Female